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What? >> yesterday he attempted to address some issues talking about bigotry in the military speech. he has to speak in clare and direct terms. i believe it's time for a national discussion on race in this country similar to what then senator obama did in 2008 when the tapes came out about reverend wright. we have to listen to each other. there's no i'm right and you're wrong. no. there's people with different issues. we've all grown up in different ways what is more important is us uniting this country. >> neil: do you worry about it's one thing to go after confederate images and statues and ...

My position on race in america and he delivered that speech and it was a i have strong speech. if it was believable, beyond the point. it got him back on track politically. possibly donald trump needs to do that now. the point is, if you are president, you cannot make thoughts off the top of your head about a subject as volatile and explosive as race in america. it's a no-win situation. >> well, that's where it -- just to note for the record, where it differed from president obama, because it was an off-the h.i.v. -- off of the top of the head remark, because obama had gone to reverend wright'...

Senator president obama did as senator obama in 2008 after the goddamn america tape came out with reverend wright. i believe that's the way he needs speak in those very real terms people can feel and know he understands that because i think we need a national dialogue on race now more than any other time in our country's history. >> stephen, you wrote an opinion piece on the hill about why president trump is back for black mesh than obama ever was. and you talk about various economic factors that have improved under trump. but when white supremacists and the kkk are openly marching in the stre...

Their own people -- and i'm talking about vladimir putin, i'm talking about north korea, i'm talking about iran, i'm talking about a lot of other countries that know our history. i would even argue better than this u.s. president knows our history and can use this as propaganda with their own people, saying america promotes itself as a democracy nation. look at this. >> very important point. people all over the world are watching. >> people are watching. compare and contrast to president obama. in 2008 when he was running for president, people questioned his allegiance to reverend wright. he c...

And we see the consequences of surrounding yourself with those type of people and how they're advising the president and how the president responds to an act of domestic terrorism by racists with that pitiful statement he put out. where do you think it came from? they're bending over backwards to not say something as a racially motivated act of domestic terror. it's interesting, they're quick to jump to conclusions and judgment when it was president obama. there was no oh, let's wait for the facts, not do it by association, remember the vicious attacks against president obama during the r reve...